Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to the turbine agitator.
A. Recommended peripheral speed for the turbine agitator is 200 - 250 metres/minute
B. Pitched blade turbine agitator gives only radial flow with complete absence of the axial flow
C. Generally, the diameter of the agitator is kept between 3 1 rd to 6 1 th of the tank diameter while the blade length is 4 1 th of agitator diameter (with central disc, it is 8 1 th of the agitator diameter)
D. Turbine agitator should be located at a height not less than one agitator diameter length from the bottom. If the depth of liquid in the tank is more than twice the agitator diameter, two agitators should be used
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A gravity decanter is meant for the separation of two __________ density.
A. Immiscible liquids of different
B. Miscible liquids of different
C. Immiscible liquids of same
D. Miscible liquids of same
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The reduction ratio for fine grinders is
A. 5-10
B. 10-20
C. 20-40
D. As high as 100
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Which of the following agitators having a large blade area, rotating at slow speed is used for mixing high viscosity liquids ( > 50000 centipoise)?
A. Propeller
B. Helical screw
C. Flat blade turbine
D. Curved blade turbine
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Addition of filter aid to the slurry before filtration is done to ...... of the cake.
A. Increase the porosity
B. Increase the compressibility co-efficient
C. Decrease the porosity
D. Decrease the compressibility co-efficient
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The capacity of a belt conveyor depends upon two factors. If one is the cross-section of the load, the other is the __________ of the belt.
A. Speed
B. Thickness
C. Length
D. None of these
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Use of baffles in agitators help in minimising the __________ tendency.
A. Swirling
B. Vortexing
C. Both A & B
D. Neither A nor B
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Filter medium resistance is that offered by the
A. Filter cloth
B. Embedded particles in the septum
C. Filter cloth and the embedded particle collectively
D. None of these
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Which of the following size reduction equipments employs mainly attrition for ultrafine grinding?
A. Jet mills
B. Fluid energy mill
C. Micronizer
D. All of the above
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Sphericity for a non-spherical particle is given by (where, V and S are volume and surface area respectively of one particle and D = equivalent diameter of particle).
A. D . S 6 V
B. 6 D . S V
C. V D . S
D. D . S V
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Traces of liquid tar fog present in coke oven gas is separated using
A. Electrostatic precipitator
B. Cyclone separator
C. Strainer
D. None of these
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Pulverised coal passing through 200 mesh screen has a diameter of 0.074 mm (74 micron). The same passing through 50 mesh screen will have a dia of __________ mm.
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The power number for a stirred tank becomes constant at high Reynolds number. In this limit, the variation of power input with impeller rotational speed (N) is proportional to
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Tabling process used for separating two materials of different densities by passing the dilute pulp over a table/deck, which is inclined from the horizontal surface at an angle of about
A. 1 to 2°
B. 2 to 5°
C. 5 to 10°
D. 10 to 15°
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Filtration operation carried out by continuous increase of the inlet pressure of slurry, is called the __________ filtration.
A. Constant rate
B. Varying pressure
C. Varying rate
D. Constant pressure
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In paint industries, blending of light paste is done by using a
A. Masticator
B. Charge can mixer
C. Kneader
D. None of these
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Capacity of flight conveyor in tons/hr is given by (where, W & D = width and depth of flight respectively in metre, V = speed of the conveyor, metre/second, ρ = bulk density of material, kg/m3 )
A. 3.6 W.D.V.ρ
B. 3.6 W.D.V.
C. 3.6 W.V.ρ
D. 3.6 D.V.ρ
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Close circuit grinding by a ball mill with air sweeping employs a
A. Classifier
B. Cyclone separator between mill & classifier
C. Both A & B
D. Neither A nor B
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Which of the following is a pressure filter?
A. Leaf filter (Moore filter)
B. Plate and flame filter
C. Rotary drum filter
D. Sand filter
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__________ mill is normally used for grinding of talc.
A. Tube
B. Compartment
C. Ring-roll
D. Pebble
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